*** Honors Candidate
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Career: After having his 2013 season limited to
nine games because of a broken fibula, McDonald now has 178 tackles
in 36 collegiate games (4.9 per game), with five interceptions and
16 passes broken up. Before arriving at Eastern, he had 135 tackles
in 27 career games at UCLA, plus four interceptions and 14 passes
broken up. He is the son of six-time NFL All-Pro safety Tim
McDonald, who is currently the defensive backs coach for the New
York Jets where he coached former Eagle Isaiah Trufant (2002-05) in
the 2013 season. Tevin’s brother, Tim, Jr., (goes by T.J.),
was a senior All-America safety at USC in 2012 and was drafted in
the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft by St. Louis. Tevin was with
Eastern during 2013 spring practices after getting dismissed from
UCLA’s squad for violating team policy.

2014: Listed as the starter at free safety on
the preseason depth chart. He was one six Eagles selected to the
preseason All-Big Sky Conference team as selected by a panel of the
league’s media representatives. Beyond Sports Network
selected him to its preseason All-Big Sky Conference team.

2013: Earned third team All-Big Sky honors.
Started eight of EWU’s first nine games at free safety, but
suffered a season-ending broken fibula against Idaho State
(11/2/13). McDonald had a season-high nine tackles versus the
Bengals before he was injured. He finished the year with 43
tackles, an interception and two passes broken up. His interception
was against Southern Utah (10/19/13). Prior to the season, he
earned preseason All-Big Sky accolades from Phil Steele (first
team) and College Sports Madness (third team). Ranked seventh on
the preseason FCS safety rankings as selected by Josh Buchanan at
philsteele.com. In the two spring scrimmages he played in for the
Eagles, he had nine tackles with a pass broken up and a fumble
recovery. UCLA: In 2012, he started all 13 games
he played in and ranked third on the team in tackles with 79. He
paced the squad with a season-high 10 tackles against Utah, and
also had nine tackles against Colorado and Oregon State, and eight
at Washington State. He had six stops in the team’s
opener at Rice, and six tackles with a fumble recovery in a win
over Nebraska. McDonald had an interception return for 50 yards
versus Houston. He had five tackles and two pass breakups against
USC, and had five tackles in the Pac-12 Conference Championship
Game at Stanford. He sat out the team’s Holiday Bowl
appearance after violating team policies. McDonald appeared in 14
games in 2011, and started the last 11 games of the season. He had
56 tackles and tied for ninth in the Pac-12 in passes defensed
(0.86 per game, including interceptions and passes broken up). He
earned Freshman All-America honors by Yahoo!Sports (first team),
cbssports.com (first team) and collegefootballnews.com (second
team). He tied the school record with three interceptions against
Cal and had a career-high 11 tackles against Arizona State.
McDonald finished with five tackles in his first start at Oregon
State. He also had nine stops against Oregon, seven against
Washington State and six versus Utah. He had five tackles against
both Stanford and Arizona, and recorded four tackles (two for loss)
and a pair of passes broken up against Illinois. McDonald
redshirted in 2010 at UCLA.

HS: Graduated from Edison HS in Fresno, Calif.,
in 2010. He played three seasons for his father, Tim McDonald. As a
senior, he was rated the No. 17 safety by ESPN.com. He was also the
No. 247 national prospect and No. 20 cornerback nationally
according to scout.com, and the No. 47 player in the
California/Nevada/Hawaii region by SuperPrep. In addition, he was
rated the No. 72 cornerback by rivals.com and was Scout.com’s
No. 33 player in California. McDonald earned four stars from
scout.com and three stars from rivals.com, and was a Prep-Star
All-Region selection. He was the No. 60 player in the West by
scout.com and was a member of the Tacoma News-Tribune
Western 100. He earned third team All-State honors from
GoldenStatePreps.com and was a second team all-purpose back on the
All-SoCal squad. As a senior, he had 68 tackles, three sacks and
seven interceptions. On offense he had 36 receptions for 524 yards
and seven touchdowns.

Personal: Race and culture studies major. Born
July 17, 1992. His full name is Tevin William McDonald. His parents
are Tim and Alycia McDonald. He has one brother, Tim, Jr., (goes by
T.J.) who was a senior All-America safety at USC in 2012 and was
drafted in the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft by St. Louis.
Tevin also has one sister, Taryn. His father played football for
USC (two-time All-American, 1985-86) and was a second-round
selection of the Cardinals in the 1987 NFL draft. Tim played 13
years in the NFL, including 1993-99 for the San Francisco 49ers,
which won Super Bowl XXIX. Tim played in the NFL for the Cardinals
(1987-92) and 49’ers (1993-99). Prior to joining the New York
Jets coaching staff, Tim spent one season on the coaching staff at
Fresno State, and before that was head coach at his alma mater,
Edison High School in Fresno. Tevin and T.J. both played for their
father at Edison, which won the California Interscholastic
Federation Central Section championship in 2009. Tevin lists NFL
standouts Ed Reed and Sean Taylor as his favorite NFL athletes.